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“My Salinger Year” Movie Review by Josh Davis
“My Salinger Year” Movie Review by Josh Davis

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April 4, 2021 9:19 am |

In “My Salinger Year,” the 2014 memoir by Joanna Rakoff, the author describes herself as being one of thousands of young women each day waking up in “the gray morning light of Brooklyn, Queens, the Lower East Side.” These thousands leave their apartments “weighed down by tote bags heavy with manuscripts,” grab coffee and something...

“Judas and the Black Messiah” Movie Review by Josh Davis
“Judas and the Black Messiah” Movie Review by Josh Davis

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March 8, 2021 12:52 pm |

“Judas and the Black Messiah” is an important new film from writer/director Shaka King – important because it’s a fine bit of filmmaking, and also because it will surely introduce more people to the story of Fred Hampton. Hampton, like far too many people of color in the United States, was taken too early, at...

“Nomadland” Movie Review by Josh Davis
“Nomadland” Movie Review by Josh Davis

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March 3, 2021 11:01 am |

“Nomadland” is a gorgeous, wandering, strange and beautiful movie by writer/director Chloé Zhao (“The Rider,” the upcoming “Eternals”). It stars Frances McDormand (“Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri,” “Fargo”) as Fern, an older woman who adopts a transient lifestyle after a series of hardships altered the course of her life.  Years ago, her husband died, and...

“I Care A Lot” Netflix Movie Review by Josh Davis
“I Care A Lot” Netflix Movie Review by Josh Davis

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March 3, 2021 10:49 am |

“It’s been fun” is the last line of dialog in “I Care a Lot,” a movie billed as both a mystery, thriller and a comedy.   It’s not a comedy – at least this reviewer can’t see how it is – and it’s hardly a “fun” movie either.   Rosamund Pike (“Gone Girl”) stars as...

“Little Fish” Movie Review by Josh Davis
“Little Fish” Movie Review by Josh Davis

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February 7, 2021 5:05 pm |

“Little Fish” comes out at an interesting time. The film, about a young couple’s struggle to survive a devastating pandemic, was conceived and shot well before COVID-19 shuttered communities across the globe.   Olivia Cooke (“Ready Player One,” “Thoroughbreds”) and Jack O’Connell (“Godless”) star as Emma and Jude, a couple who met, started dating and...